Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
140. Ilex ficoidea Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 23: 116. 1886.
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Ilex buergeri Miquel f. glabra Loesener; I. glomeratiflora Hayata.
Shrubs or trees; evergreen; 2-12 m tall. Young branchlets longitudinally angular and sulcate; glabrous; older than second year’s branchlets yellow-brown or brown; smooth; leaf scars semicircular; flattened; lenticels absent. Stipules very minute; caducous; petiole 6-10 mm; abaxially rounded; transversely striate; adaxially sulcate; leaf blade adaxially deep green; shiny; elliptic; oblong; ovate; or obovate-elliptic; 4.5-10 x 1.5-3.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces glabrous; midvein narrowly impressed adaxially; lateral veins 8-10 pairs; slightly raised abaxially; obscure adaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins obscure; base obtuse; cuneate; or subrounded; margin irregularly crenate-serrate; apices of teeth black and slightly recurved when dry; apex abruptly long caudate; acumen ca. 1.5 cm. Inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; fasciculate; axillary on current year’s branchlets; flowers white or yellowish green; fragrant; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; peduncles ca. 2 mm; bracts scaly; ovate; ca. 1 mm; abaxially median keeled; base with appendage; apex acute; ciliate; pedicels 1-3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal or subbasal; calyx patelliform; 2-2.5 mm; lobes deltoid; apex acute; ciliate; corolla ca. 6 mm in diam.; petals ovate-oblong; ca. 3 x 1.5 mm; basally slightly connate; apically ciliate; stamens longer than petals; anthers oblong-ovoid; rudimentary ovary ovoid-conical; ca. 1 mm in diam.; apex minutely 4-lobed. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes; pedicels 2-3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; ciliate; calyx puberulent or glabrescent; lobes often keeled; corolla erect; 3-4 mm in diam.; petals free; ovate; ca. 2.5 mm; ciliate; staminodes ca. as long as petals; sterile anthers ovoid; small; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm; ca. 1 mm in diam.; stigma discoid. Fruit red; globose or subglobose; 5-7 mm in diam.; tuberculate (under lens); persistent calyx explanate; quadrangular; ca. 2 mm in diam.; persistent stigma thinly discoid or navel-like; pyrenes 4; ovoid or subglobose; 3-4 mm; 1.5-2.5 mm in diam.; both ends obtuse; abaxially palmately striate; longitudinally slightly 1-sulcate; laterally rugose and pitted; endocarp stony. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Aug-Nov.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests; thickets; forest margins; sparse woods; mountains; (100-)300-1500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
55b. Ilex hylonoma var. glabra S. Y. Hu; J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 351. 1949.
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Branchlets; terminal buds; petiole; midvein; and fruiting pedicels glabrous. Leaf blade lanceolate; oblanceolate; ovate-lanceolate; or elliptic; 6-10 x 1.8-4.2 cm; leathery or thickly leathery. Fruit ellipsoid or subglobose; 8-10 mm in diam.; pyrenes oblong; trigonous. Fl. unknown; fr. Jul.
? Forests; hills; ca. 300 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Zhejiang
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
140. Ilex ficoidea Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 23: 116. 1886.
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Ilex buergeri Miquel f. glabra Loesener; I. glomeratiflora Hayata.
Shrubs or trees; evergreen; 2-12 m tall. Young branchlets longitudinally angular and sulcate; glabrous; older than second year’s branchlets yellow-brown or brown; smooth; leaf scars semicircular; flattened; lenticels absent. Stipules very minute; caducous; petiole 6-10 mm; abaxially rounded; transversely striate; adaxially sulcate; leaf blade adaxially deep green; shiny; elliptic; oblong; ovate; or obovate-elliptic; 4.5-10 x 1.5-3.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces glabrous; midvein narrowly impressed adaxially; lateral veins 8-10 pairs; slightly raised abaxially; obscure adaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins obscure; base obtuse; cuneate; or subrounded; margin irregularly crenate-serrate; apices of teeth black and slightly recurved when dry; apex abruptly long caudate; acumen ca. 1.5 cm. Inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; fasciculate; axillary on current year’s branchlets; flowers white or yellowish green; fragrant; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; peduncles ca. 2 mm; bracts scaly; ovate; ca. 1 mm; abaxially median keeled; base with appendage; apex acute; ciliate; pedicels 1-3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal or subbasal; calyx patelliform; 2-2.5 mm; lobes deltoid; apex acute; ciliate; corolla ca. 6 mm in diam.; petals ovate-oblong; ca. 3 x 1.5 mm; basally slightly connate; apically ciliate; stamens longer than petals; anthers oblong-ovoid; rudimentary ovary ovoid-conical; ca. 1 mm in diam.; apex minutely 4-lobed. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes; pedicels 2-3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; ciliate; calyx puberulent or glabrescent; lobes often keeled; corolla erect; 3-4 mm in diam.; petals free; ovate; ca. 2.5 mm; ciliate; staminodes ca. as long as petals; sterile anthers ovoid; small; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm; ca. 1 mm in diam.; stigma discoid. Fruit red; globose or subglobose; 5-7 mm in diam.; tuberculate (under lens); persistent calyx explanate; quadrangular; ca. 2 mm in diam.; persistent stigma thinly discoid or navel-like; pyrenes 4; ovoid or subglobose; 3-4 mm; 1.5-2.5 mm in diam.; both ends obtuse; abaxially palmately striate; longitudinally slightly 1-sulcate; laterally rugose and pitted; endocarp stony. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Aug-Nov.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests; thickets; forest margins; sparse woods; mountains; (100-)300-1500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].